Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
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Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (born March 30, 1951 in Bad Lauchstädt
, Saxony-Anhalt
) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1.000m time trial, defeating Belgium's Michel Vaarten
. A year earlier he won the world title in the same event in Rocourt
.
Bad Lauchstädt
' is a town in the district Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 13 km southwest of Halle. Pop. 4,933. It contains an Evangelical church, a theatre, a hydropathic establishment and several educational institutions, among which is an agricultural school affiliated to the university of Halle....
, Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1.000m time trial, defeating Belgium's Michel Vaarten
Michel Vaarten
Michel Vaarten is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium. He represented Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won silver medal in the 1.000m time trial behind East Germany's Klaus-Jürgen Grünke. Vaarten was a professional from 1979 to 1992...
. A year earlier he won the world title in the same event in Rocourt
Rocourt
Rocourt is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland, Europe.-References:...
.